In this endearing comingofage tale based on the bestselling novel by ann packer, just as carrie michelle trachtenberg, buffy the vampire slayer, mercy comes to the difficult realization that shes no longer in love with mike, her childhood sweetheart and fiance, a tragic diving accident leaves him paralyzed. The story is about how an accident changes the lives of a group of people, and especially mike mayor will estes and his girlfriend carrie beal michelle trachtenberg. Reading guide for the dive from clausens pier by ann packer. The dive from clausens pier by ann packer, paperback. The dive from clausens pier i could kill the author. The dive from clausens pier takes us on an unsettling page turner of a journey through carries dilemmas and discontents. Packer is able to develop an engaging story without compromising the eloquent writing for which her short stories are renowned. The dive from clausen s pier reminds us how fragile our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after. The dive from clausens pier by ann packer librarything. The premise is that our heroine hyperbole carrie bell wants out of an 8 year relationship with her nearly perfect high school sweet heart mike. When mikes dive results in a spinal cord injury there is pressure from all sides for carrie to remain with him.
The dive from clausens pier is a 2005 lifetime original film based on an ann packer novel directed by harry winer and starring will estes, michelle trachtenberg, and sean maher. That s a lousy way to summarize the trials and tribulations of carrie bell, the heroine of the dive from clausen s pier. Rent the dive from clausens pier 2005 starring michelle trachtenberg and will estes on dvd and bluray. About this guide ann packers provocative debut novel, the dive from clausens pier, portrays one young womans conflict between her commitment to the people in her life and of her duty to be true to herself. The dive from clausens pier by ann packer reading guide. Mike, showing off for his somewhat disgruntled fiancee carrie, dives into some water and seriously injures himself. The dive from clausens pier 2005 a young woman michelle trachtenberg starts a new life in new york after her fiance will estes becomes paralyzed in a diving accident. The dive from clausens pier audiobook ann packer audible. Then mikes dive from clausens pier happened and their lives were permanently altered. The water level is too low and he is taken to hospital in a coma, with a broken back. The dive from clausens pier michelle trachtenberg will estes sean maher 2005 a young woman michelle trachtenberg starts a new life in new york after her fiance will estes becomes paralyzed in a diving accident.
When something terrible happens to someone else, people often use the word unbearable. After her boyfriend suffers a debilitating accident, a girl from wisconsin moves to new york city to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer. Based upon my enjoyment of the dive from clausens pier, i am eagerly awaiting songs without words. Told in the first person, it is about a young woman, carrie bell, who has been engaged to be married to her high school sweetheart, but now they are out of college, and she has matured. Although, the accident isnt the real reason she leaves. The dive from clausens pier livre audio ann packer. Even before the accident, her feelings for mike were slipping. The dive from clausens pier vintage contemporaries ebook. The dive from clausens pier 2005 07252005 us drama, romance 1h 26m user score. The dive from clausen s pier michelle trachtenberg will estes sean maher 2005 a young woman michelle trachtenberg starts a new life in new york after her fiance will estes becomes paralyzed in a diving accident.
Living through a childs death, a spouses, enduring some other kind of permanent lossits unbearable, its too awful to be borne, and the person or people to whom its happened take on a kind of horrible glow in your mind, because they are in fact bearing it, or trying to. The dive from clausen s pier i could kill the author ok so this is not earthshattering, but i just finished the dive from clausen s pier by ann packer and i am so irritated. It begins with a disaster that could happen in anybodys life, and leaves us to asking what we know about our deepest allegiances. In this story, the lifechanging event takes place in a threepage preface before. If anyone knows the whole quote, that would be great. In ann packers first novel, the dive from clausens pier, mikes tragic accident, one that renders him a quadriplegic, brings on a much more uncertain, and painful, dilemma. She feels guilty about doing anything other than sitting by mikes. At turns enigmatic and candid, this absorbing story challenges us to look inward and to ask discomfiting questions about our relationships, our priorities, and our selflessness. She does what she feels she has to, to find happiness. The dive in question occurs at a reservoir 60 miles north of madison.
The dive from clausens pier, by ann packer,became an immediate best seller when it was published in 2002. Ann packer is an american novelist and short story writer, perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed first novel the dive from clausens pier. The dive from clausens pier animates this dilemmaand carries startling response to itwith the narrative assurance, exacting realism, and moral complexity we expect from the very best fiction. This book is character driven and reaches right to the heart of relationships. Feb 02, 2004 the dive from clausens pier is a mustread novel that illuminates the meaning of friendship, loyalty and unconditional love. The dive from clausens pier by ann packer goodreads. The dive from clausens pier is a 2005 lifetime original film based on an ann packer novel. Feb 15, 2016 the dive from clausens pier by ann packer though not written with the pace of, say, a shockfilled thriller, the dive from clausens pier is still rife with unexpected twists and a quiet storm. The dive from clausens pier by ann packer overdrive. It s not normally my kind of movie, i watched it mostly because of michelle trachtenberg.
Packer writes with a rare density of detail and ideas, and its just possible that the reader will be wiser at the end of the book than she was at. It begins with a disaster that could happen in anybody s life, and leaves us to asking what we know about our deepest allegiances. With a keen and compassionate eye, she lays bare the nature of female friendships. The dive from clausen s pier is a very well done, well written story of 23 year old carrie bell, a young woman from madison, wisconsin. The dive from clausens pier is a 2005 lifetime original movie based on an ann packer novel directed by harry winer and starring will estes, michelle. The dive from clausens pier will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay, anyone who has ever felt trapped, not only by circumstance, but by the strength of their own love, carrie bell has lived in wisconsin all her life. Ann packer is the acclaimed author of two collections of short fiction, swim back to me and mendocino and other stories, and three bestselling novels, the childrens crusade, songs without words, and the dive from clausens pier, which received the kate chopin literary award, among many other prizes and honors. Personal life packer was born in stanford, california. The dive from clausens pier, by ann packer, tells the story of carrie bell, a twentythree year old woman who is engaged to her high school sweetheart. The dive from clausens pier tv movie 2005 the dive. The dive from clausens pier has an affinity with the work of rosellen brown. The dive from clausens pier will speak to all those who have ever.
This article appeared in the february 2, 2004 issue of the hatchet. At the beginning of the novel, she is spending a memorial day picnic with friends she has had since high school, including her fiance, mike. He is comatose for a period of time and, when he awakens, it is discovered that he is paralyzed. The dive from clausens pier animate this dilemma and carries startling response to it with the narrative assurance, exacting realism, and moral complexity we expect from the very best fiction. I found the ending of this novel a huge disappointment, which caused me to. As a result of this dive, he breaks his neck and becomes paralyzed.
Rent the dive from clausens pier 2005 on dvd and blu. The dive from clausens pier audiobook by ann packer. Suddenly there are others to contend withher mother her father vanished when carrie was three, her best friend jamie, mikes parents, even mikes best friend rooster. The dive from claussen s pier was first telecast by the lifetime network on july 25, 2005. The dive from clausens pier reminds us how precarious our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after, whether by random accident or by the force of our own desires.
But when mike is paralyzed in a diving accident, leaving seems unforgivable and yet more necessary than ever. Feb 23, 2011 the dive from clausens pier, by ann packer,became an immediate best seller when it was published in 2002. The dive from clausens pier 2005 when an accident renders her fiance a quadriplegic, carrie faces mounting pressures that ultimately cause her to start a new life in new york. Carrie bell has been thinking, for a long time, of how her longtime relationship with fiance mike mayer is wilting away.
This is not the case in ann packers first novel, the dive from clausens pier. Nov 11, 2007 the dive from clausen s pier, by ann packer 910, a rich, beautiful story about a woman figuring out her life figuring out her life. The dive from clausens pier 2005 the movie database. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this the dive from clausen s pier study guide and get instant access to the following summary.
Songs without words, ann packers followup novel to the bookclub favorite bestseller the dive from clausens pier, once again showcases the many strengths packer possesses as a writer. His fiancee, carrie, is not in love with him anymore and is confused and lost after the accident. The dive from clausens pier is a very well done, well written story of 23 year old carrie bell, a young woman from madison, wisconsin. The dive from clausens pier reminds us how fragile our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after. I would never have bothered with this stupid book had i known it would end this way. Find out when and where you can watch the dive from clausen s pier episodes with tvguide s full tv listings youll never miss another moment from your favorite show. The dive from clausens pier tv movie 2005 the dive from. It premiered on july 25, 2005 on lifetime mike is a quadriplegic after suffering a major diving accident. The dive from clausen s pier animate this dilemma and carrie s startling response to it with the narrative assurance, exacting realism, and moral complexity we expect from the very best fiction.
She is the recipient of a james michener award and a national endowment for the arts fellowship. I know it starts off something like, how does love change grow. Dive from clausen s pier had the potential to be a great story, but i was left with the feeling that carrie was at heart selfish and hadnt grown beyond selfishnessnot just because of her relationship with mike, but with all her relationships as she took from everyone, but seemed to feel no real obligation to give. The title of the dive from clausens pier relates to a dive into water that carries fiance mike makes in the opening chapter of this book. With michelle trachtenberg, sean maher, will estes, kristin fairlie. The dive from clausen s pier reminds us how precarious our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after, whether by random accident or by the forces of our own desires. Confused, carrie makes a rash decision to escape her small town life. Like matrimony, he began to think, was a cure for an illness he hadnt known he had. It begins with a disaster that could happen out of the blue in anybodys life, and it forces us to ask how we would bear up in the face of tragedy and. His fiancee, carrie, is not in love with him anymore and. It begins with a disaster that could happen out of the blue in anybody s life, and it forces us to ask how we would bear up in the face of tragedy and. The dive from claussens pier was first telecast by the lifetime network on july 25, 2005.
Ann packer quotes author of the dive from clausens pier. The dive from clausens pier tv listings, tv schedule and. Twentythreeyearold carrie is already quietly bored with mike when he dives off the pier at clausens reservoir and breaks his neck. The dive from clausens pier is a mustread novel that illuminates the meaning of friendship, loyalty and unconditional love. Adapted from a novel by ann packer, this madeforcable romantic drama stars michelle trachtenberg as. Knopf told through first person narration, the novel centers on carrie bells response to her fiances paralysis and through her reactions, questions the obligations and loyalty people have to those in their life. The film also ends on a slightly more optimistic tone than the novel. Unhappy in the relationship, she is considering ending it when her fiance mike dives off clausens pier into shallow water and breaks his neck. The dive from clausens pier opens with an immediate tragedy to draw readers in to the story. The dive from clausens pier trailer 2010 video detective. The dive from clausens pier is the bestselling debut novel of american author ann packer.
Ann packer is an american novelist and short story writer, perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed first novel the dive from clausen s pier. Carrie ends up spending most of her time at the hospital instead of at her job. Jan 28, 2008 there is a quote at the very end of the lifetime original movie, the dive from clausen s pier, with michelle tractenburg, where her character is narating from the pier. Packer writes with a rare density of detail and ideas, and its just possible that the reader will be wiser at the end of the book than she was at the beginning. Watch full episodes of the dive from clausens pier and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. When an accident renders her fiance a quadriplegic, carrie faces mounting pressures that ultimately cause her to start a new life in new york. The dive from clause ns pier i could kill the author ok so this is not earthshattering, but i just finished the dive from clause ns pier by ann packer and i am so irritated. I actually did not enjoy this book, and it definitely leaves a very bitter tastes in the mouth after you finish. The dive from clausens pier reminds us how precarious our lives are and how quickly they can be divided into before and after, whether by random accident or by the forces of our own desires. It begins with a disaster that could happen to anyone and forces us to ask how we would bear up in the face of tragedy. Ok so this is not earthshattering, but i just finished the dive from clausen s pier by ann packer and i am so irritated.
The title of the dive from clausen s pier relates to a dive into water that carrie s fiance mike makes in the opening chapter of this book. I don t want to divulge too much for i might ruin the ending for those who want to. Apr 08, 2003 the dive from clausens pier has an affinity with the work of rosellen brown. The dive from clausen s pier was in my opinion a good movie on the whole. As everyone has noticed her withdrawal from mike, mike decides to win back her attention by taking a daring dive off of the pier into the shallow waters below. Released 2005, the dive from clausens pier stars michelletrachtenberg, willestes, seanmaher, kristinfairlie the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min. I usually like nice neat endings, but packer wrote an ending that was not what i expected, having the main character make a choice that seemed almost disappointing in the short run, but infinitely more realistic. Oct 12, 2007 i usually like nice neat endings, but packer wrote an ending that was not what i expected, having the main character make a choice that seemed almost disappointing in the short run, but infinitely more realistic. What is the last quote from the lifetime movie, the dive. Then mikes dive from clausens pier happened and their lives were permanently. May 12, 2002 the dive from clausen s pier takes us on an unsettling page turner of a journey through carrie s dilemmas and discontents. Does carries opinion on this topic change by the novels end.
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